D is for digital: what a well-informed person should know about computers and communications

This book explains how today's computing and communications world operates, from hardware through software to the Internet and the web. It includes enough detail that you can understand how these systems work, no matter what your technical background. The social, political and legal issues that new technology creates are discussed as well, so you can understand the difficult issues we face and appreciate the tradeoffs that have to be made to resolve them.

 

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Subject(s)Computing
Author(s)Brian W Kernighan
Published2011
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Shelf reference004 KER
ISN/ISBN9781463733896
Direct URLhttps://www.stem.org.uk/x8uhy

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